Post by Ben on Oct 27, 2009 14:02:40 GMT -7
The following is a messy synopsis of some of the overarching plot elements of my book. tell me what you think!
In the war in Heaven there were three factions.
Those that honored the Will, and stood with Michael
Lucifer's followers, who fought for a place at the Father's side, and despised mankind,
and those who refused to raise arms against their comrades; they watched from hushed corners as the Morning Star was cast down
The Choirs remained in Heaven;
The Fallen faded into the Abyss.
The Others, strangers now to both Light and Darkness, were exiled to the mortal realm. Theirs is the sea.
They roam the night oceans, and their Captain is Nemo. He is kin to both those of the Will and those of the Morning.
If a comrade is without, He will provide a Vessel.
Some Vessels give of themselves willingly.
Some are taken.
Synopsis:
In the city of Caesarea Maritima (disguised in the NT as "the country of Gadarenes") there is a smith named Andrew (this name is up for debate, please suggest)
He is on contract with the Roman Procuratorate in the city, and does metal work for local garrisons. Due to this position he is on friendly terms with many of the local Roman soldiers, despite being a Jew. He is especially close with Lucius Cassius Triarius, an aging Centurion who fought under P. Quintilius at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. (SNAP! SPQR!)
[ten points if you get this]
Andrew's wife Adina has come under the eye of Joakim, a member of the Caesarean Sanhedrin. He comes to her in private and solicits her. She refuses, and he later returns while her husband is working at an outpost and rapes her.
Andrew can't seek justice in the Jewish community, because the perpetrator is protected by the corrupt Sanhedrin. He turns to the Roman authority, and though L. Cassius helps plead his case to the Procurator, his allegations are ignored due to Joakim's bribes.
Andrew wants to kill Joakim, but Adina convinces him to let it go - she's pregnant, and she's not sure whose baby it is. Regardless, she doesn't want the child fatherless.
Although he does his best to put the event behind him, he becomes increasingly bitter when he is exiled from his congregation and loses his contract with the Roman authority.
L. Cassius, wealthy from his past of military heroism, invites Andrew and Adina to live with him, and appoints Andrew head smith of the estate.
Andrew begins to let go of his anger and becomes successful once again. He adoringly tends to Adina, but still battles with suspicion about the child's true parentage.
Despite the best efforts of L. Cassius' servants and Roman doctors, Adina dies giving birth to the child. Stripped of his love, and betrayed by his faith, Andrew leaves immediately to seek vengeance.
Andrew rides to Joakim's estate, where he mangages to engage and wound Joakim, but is detained by guards. Joakim fabricates the charge of "Conspiracy against Rome," and imprisons Andrew. L. Cassius learns of what has happened, and comes to visit a broken Andrew on the eve of his crucifixion. He offers to help Andrew escape, but Andrew refuses. L.Cassius bids his friend farewell, and leaves him a book (scroll, maybe? I'll need to research some more)
Andrew is curious, and opens the volume to find a Hebraic record of King Solomon's incantations. Among them, he finds rites for summoning demons. With nothing else to lose, he decides to call upon Flauros, a Great Duke of the Fallen, who "burneth up those who be the Enemies of the Exorcist should he so desire it." Using Solomon's keys, Andrew creates a Gate.
Meanwhile, in Hell
There is a contingent of Fallen angels, who, for various reasons, are planning to escape for spook country. Some want to receive bodies, some seek to return to the Throne, and some seek revenge against the Choirs. Chief among them is Beleth, an advisor to King Amaymon, and a former Angelic Potentate. He seeks to bring down Samael, the captain of the Powers, or warrior angels. Although angels aren't born in the way humans are, Beleth and Samael could be described as brothers.
When a human creates a gate on earth, a gate is built in Hell, in the estate of the demon whose office the summoning falls under. I didn't say that very succinctly
(For example, the Office of Focalor is to "overthrow ships of war," so if someone summons a demon for that purpose, a gate will appear in Focalor's estate. It is then up to the Officer to either attend to the summoner or select a legionnaire to pass through the gate. Moving on...)
When the Gate begins to form above Flauros' estate, Beleth and his group invade, killing Flauros and taking control of the Gate.
Back in Caesarea:
Beleth and company pass through the gate, but they can't survive on our plane without a Vessel, so they possess Andrew. The group of Fallen in Andrew's body, called Legion, take control of the body. Joakim comes to the cell to dispicable-villain-gloat and is meet with a less than satisfactory surprise when Legion breaks out and tears him in half. Literally.
Legion breaks out of the prison and kills several soldiers on the way out. Andrew, adrift among the Legion, leads the body to the tombs, where his wife has been laid to rest.
They-He-It waits in the tombs, and foils any attempts at capture. The news of the "unclean spirit" quickly spreads through both Roman and Jewish circles, and the word eventually reaches Jesus and his apostles, who are teaching nearby.
Jesus arrives and instantly recognizes each of the Fallen Legion. (See first post for the Biblical description)
Unbeknownst to Legion, Samael, the destroying angel, has gone crazy, and is disobeying God. None of the angels are strong enough to destroy him, and God cannot destroy one of his own creations. Jesus knows that the only being who can kill Samael is his brother Beleth. He makes a deal with Legion - If they can help Beleth kill Samael, they might be able to return to the Throne.
Fallen Angels, however, can't just float around on earth willy nilly. They can move through Vessels, but they can't just nimble-bimble around like farts in the wind.
The Others have dominion over the sea, and therefore all spritis can move freely therein.
Beleth is Fallen, and therefore can't enter heaven, so the only way for him to defeat Samael is for Samael to take up a Vessel - a human body.
Jesus, for the sake of the Fallen souls and in order to stop Samael, lets Legion pass into the herd of pigs, who drown themselves in the sea so they can seek be gathered by the Others with the intent of luring Samael to earth so that Beleth can kill him.
In the war in Heaven there were three factions.
Those that honored the Will, and stood with Michael
Lucifer's followers, who fought for a place at the Father's side, and despised mankind,
and those who refused to raise arms against their comrades; they watched from hushed corners as the Morning Star was cast down
The Choirs remained in Heaven;
The Fallen faded into the Abyss.
The Others, strangers now to both Light and Darkness, were exiled to the mortal realm. Theirs is the sea.
They roam the night oceans, and their Captain is Nemo. He is kin to both those of the Will and those of the Morning.
If a comrade is without, He will provide a Vessel.
Some Vessels give of themselves willingly.
Some are taken.
Synopsis:
In the city of Caesarea Maritima (disguised in the NT as "the country of Gadarenes") there is a smith named Andrew (this name is up for debate, please suggest)
He is on contract with the Roman Procuratorate in the city, and does metal work for local garrisons. Due to this position he is on friendly terms with many of the local Roman soldiers, despite being a Jew. He is especially close with Lucius Cassius Triarius, an aging Centurion who fought under P. Quintilius at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. (SNAP! SPQR!)
[ten points if you get this]
Andrew's wife Adina has come under the eye of Joakim, a member of the Caesarean Sanhedrin. He comes to her in private and solicits her. She refuses, and he later returns while her husband is working at an outpost and rapes her.
Andrew can't seek justice in the Jewish community, because the perpetrator is protected by the corrupt Sanhedrin. He turns to the Roman authority, and though L. Cassius helps plead his case to the Procurator, his allegations are ignored due to Joakim's bribes.
Andrew wants to kill Joakim, but Adina convinces him to let it go - she's pregnant, and she's not sure whose baby it is. Regardless, she doesn't want the child fatherless.
Although he does his best to put the event behind him, he becomes increasingly bitter when he is exiled from his congregation and loses his contract with the Roman authority.
L. Cassius, wealthy from his past of military heroism, invites Andrew and Adina to live with him, and appoints Andrew head smith of the estate.
Andrew begins to let go of his anger and becomes successful once again. He adoringly tends to Adina, but still battles with suspicion about the child's true parentage.
Despite the best efforts of L. Cassius' servants and Roman doctors, Adina dies giving birth to the child. Stripped of his love, and betrayed by his faith, Andrew leaves immediately to seek vengeance.
Andrew rides to Joakim's estate, where he mangages to engage and wound Joakim, but is detained by guards. Joakim fabricates the charge of "Conspiracy against Rome," and imprisons Andrew. L. Cassius learns of what has happened, and comes to visit a broken Andrew on the eve of his crucifixion. He offers to help Andrew escape, but Andrew refuses. L.Cassius bids his friend farewell, and leaves him a book (scroll, maybe? I'll need to research some more)
Andrew is curious, and opens the volume to find a Hebraic record of King Solomon's incantations. Among them, he finds rites for summoning demons. With nothing else to lose, he decides to call upon Flauros, a Great Duke of the Fallen, who "burneth up those who be the Enemies of the Exorcist should he so desire it." Using Solomon's keys, Andrew creates a Gate.
Meanwhile, in Hell
There is a contingent of Fallen angels, who, for various reasons, are planning to escape for spook country. Some want to receive bodies, some seek to return to the Throne, and some seek revenge against the Choirs. Chief among them is Beleth, an advisor to King Amaymon, and a former Angelic Potentate. He seeks to bring down Samael, the captain of the Powers, or warrior angels. Although angels aren't born in the way humans are, Beleth and Samael could be described as brothers.
When a human creates a gate on earth, a gate is built in Hell, in the estate of the demon whose office the summoning falls under. I didn't say that very succinctly
(For example, the Office of Focalor is to "overthrow ships of war," so if someone summons a demon for that purpose, a gate will appear in Focalor's estate. It is then up to the Officer to either attend to the summoner or select a legionnaire to pass through the gate. Moving on...)
When the Gate begins to form above Flauros' estate, Beleth and his group invade, killing Flauros and taking control of the Gate.
Back in Caesarea:
Beleth and company pass through the gate, but they can't survive on our plane without a Vessel, so they possess Andrew. The group of Fallen in Andrew's body, called Legion, take control of the body. Joakim comes to the cell to dispicable-villain-gloat and is meet with a less than satisfactory surprise when Legion breaks out and tears him in half. Literally.
Legion breaks out of the prison and kills several soldiers on the way out. Andrew, adrift among the Legion, leads the body to the tombs, where his wife has been laid to rest.
They-He-It waits in the tombs, and foils any attempts at capture. The news of the "unclean spirit" quickly spreads through both Roman and Jewish circles, and the word eventually reaches Jesus and his apostles, who are teaching nearby.
Jesus arrives and instantly recognizes each of the Fallen Legion. (See first post for the Biblical description)
Unbeknownst to Legion, Samael, the destroying angel, has gone crazy, and is disobeying God. None of the angels are strong enough to destroy him, and God cannot destroy one of his own creations. Jesus knows that the only being who can kill Samael is his brother Beleth. He makes a deal with Legion - If they can help Beleth kill Samael, they might be able to return to the Throne.
Fallen Angels, however, can't just float around on earth willy nilly. They can move through Vessels, but they can't just nimble-bimble around like farts in the wind.
The Others have dominion over the sea, and therefore all spritis can move freely therein.
Beleth is Fallen, and therefore can't enter heaven, so the only way for him to defeat Samael is for Samael to take up a Vessel - a human body.
Jesus, for the sake of the Fallen souls and in order to stop Samael, lets Legion pass into the herd of pigs, who drown themselves in the sea so they can seek be gathered by the Others with the intent of luring Samael to earth so that Beleth can kill him.
